ABOUT THIS ALBUM

Album Notes

Mercurio is an intriguing display of an artist's ever-growing musical vocabulary, a further crossbreed of styles and instrumentation, recorded and produced at Titicacaman Studio in Cardiff, CA between 2004 and 2007, re-mixed in 2013. In Mercurio, Marcelo plays all the instruments and sings all the vocals, focusing on creating a work that is deeply personal and singular, with lyrics that deal with the socio-political issues of always, family bonds and home, the omnipotent and the mangled stuff of the psyche.

These are raw, emotive songs, some in English, some in Spanish, one in a made-up language, the uniquely intriguing Sate Sane. The music is dense and very colorful, rich with samples and textures interacting with an array of acoustic and electric instruments, moving in and out of time signatures in an improvisational fashion. The result is a sort of organized, microtonal, twisted, filtered, electro-acoustic messy soulful brew, concocted at the crossroads of experimental and pop.